Our Resource of the Month for June: The Cold War: Global Perspectives on East-West Tensions, 1945-1991

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Our Resource of the Month for June is The Cold War: Global Perspectives on East-West Tensions, 1945-1991.

Resource Overview

During the Cold War America’s CIA ran the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), in order to collate, transcribe and translate news sources from countries seen to be hostile to the U.S. The FBIS enabled U.S. secret agents to follow events and discussions within the Soviet Union, for example, in addition to China, North Vietnam, Iran, and North Korea. The Cold War: Global Perspectives on East-West Tensions 1945 – 1991 offers English translations of key news sources from these countries, published throughout the Cold War.

Where can you access the resource

This resource can be accessed via SOLO. A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access the resource remotely, as access is restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.

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